Heavenly clockwork: the great astronomical clocks of medieval china
Auteur :
Needham, Joseph / Wang, Ling / Price, Derek J. De Solla
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521087162
Date de publication :
11 déc. 2008
Dimensions :
24,6 x 19,0 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
649 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A reissue with a foreword and supplement, of a modern classic published in 1960. The invention of the mechanical clock was one of the most important turning points in the history of science and technology. This study revealed six centuries of mechanical clockwork preceding the first mechanical escapement clocks of the West of about AD 1300.